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...took a half an hour for firefighters to suppress the fire and allow fire investigators into the building...
...students] know we're not there to bully or harass them in such a way as to suppress the voicing of their opinions and issues," Riley told the Crimson last year...
...families of two Nigerian environmental activists last week won the right to sue the oil giant Shell in New York. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the company must face a suit that alleges it took land without paying proper compensation, polluted the environment and paid local police to suppress opposition. The suit also alleges that Shell companies fabricated evidence against activists Ken Saro-Wiwa and John Kpuinen, who were hanged...
...public interest does not arise from the ether and alight upon the shoulder of some wise Senator pulling his chin. It is defined by the rough clash of voices and forces and, yes, interests. Contrary to McCain, these clashing interests are good. The American idea has never been to suppress them but to pit them against each other and allow them to proliferate. The more they proliferate, the more they check and balance each other. Coal fights natural gas. Napster fights the record industry. Nader fights everybody. No one interest becomes paramount...
...Horowitz said the current climate for debate about race was akin to "racial McCarthyism," where politically incorrect views were met with smear tactics and other attempts to suppress debate rather than foster open discussion...